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TREflSUHEH'S REPDHT. 

Henry Graj', Treasurer, in account with the GettysJ)iiru Monument 
Association. To casli received from town of 

Argyle * :]:>{) 00 

Cambridiie 12!) 00 

Easton 1 (1 00 

Fort Ann 57 00 

Fort Edward .")(} 00 

Granville. . .-. l;« 50 

Greenwich 518 75 

Haitford 110 25 

Hebron 1 1 ;^ 54 

Jacksnii 40 00 

Kinirsbury 22:5 00 

Putnam 1 5 00 

Salem .-)07 00 

White Creek 1 HH 00 

Whitehall 29:i 00 

Profit on Sleepinfi (^ar to Gettysl)ur<>- 45 00 

it!2,775 04 

Paid Smith Granite Co $2500 00 

Paid S. C. C^ary, expenses 1 07 97 

Paid Captain Baker, expenses 23 00 

Paid People's Journal, jjrinting 25 11) 

Paid Salem Axiom, printing 7 85 

By 1,000 lithographs of monument 28 00 

By order (CarjO to R. Cruikshank 23 03 

$2,775 04 
July 1st, 1801. Henry Gk.w, Treasurer. 

In addition to the al)Ove amounts that passed through the hands 

of the Treasurer, the following amounts were raised by personal 

solicitation from various persons, and \ised for expenses of Com- 
mittee: 

Argyle *34 00 

Hebron 20 00 

Salem 17 50 

Whitehall 00 00 



To tie 123 J Net Yoit RepeBtal Association. 

('oMJjvnKs: - 'IMic (V)ininitt('c iippointcd by yon Nov. '2"2, IHST, for 
tliP purpose of crectino; a suitable Memorial for our Ileuiment at 
Gettysburg, desire at this time 1o lay In'tore you their tinal report. 

It seems to your Committee that this is a flttinaj and appropriat*' 
occasion to lu-esent to the Association a detailed statement of the ef- 
forts put forth and the work accomjilished in securing for you the 
erection of a Monument on the battletield of (lettysbur<>:. And iu)w, 
since this has been satisfactorily completed, Ave can look l)ack over 
the years of effort and struggle, and from this vantage-ground review 
the work that has been completed with such magniticent success. 

THE IWGEPTinW OF THE MDNUMENT. 

On the 4th of January, 1886, your Chairman wrote a letter to the 
Salem Axiom, calling attention to the duty of erecting a Monument 
at (iettysburg to indicate the service rendered by our Regiment, and 
also to mark the positions occupied on that bloody tield; referi'ing 
also to the work done by the Massachusetts regiments, as well as 
those of other states, and pledging a small subscription for that pur- 
pose. The article aroused a slight ripple of interest among the mem- 
bers of the Regiment, and the people of the county, and a few re- 
sponses were made to it and pledges of small amounts were given. 
Another article was written January 11th. If these letters served no 
other purpose, they helped to arouse the peojile, and to inform them 
as to what was being done in- other Commonwealths, and possil)ly 
may have been the humble cause from whicli si)rang the effort to 
secure oui- Iteautifnl Monument. 



THE NEW YDRK GDIVlMISSinNERS. 

At tlic session i>t' llic l>('iiisl;itmc for tlic year ISSd, a Board ofC'oiii- 
inissioncrs on Gcltysliiir!i;Monuinciils was appointed, 'Mo (U'sii>iiateanil 
maik the positions occupiod hy Xcw York troops. '" The law f-reatiiiir 
tliis IJoanl was ciidiodicd in ("liajttor 4(>(» of the iawsof issi;. Tims 
it would seem lliat the impidsc that set lioth their aLiciuics in niolion 
had its oriii-in at about the same lime. 

Thr Hoanl was oru:ani/.ed witii (Jen. Daniel K. Sickles as l*resi<lenl ; 
.Maj. (leu. \\'. Coonry, Secretary, aniHJi'u. Charles K. (Irahaiu, Kn- 
uiiieer. 

Early in Auu'ust of the same year, tiie Commissioners asked tor in- 
formation that would aid them in loeatiuir t he positions of all New 
York orL'-ani/at ions. On tlie T.'.t h (d' AuiiUst, Col. S. \V. IJussell 
wrote the Cliairman and sayinir that he had forwarded his name l<> 
the Commissionci-s a< one to whom they could refer. 

Septemlier Kith, follow iuii', a meetinji; (d inemhers of the lieiiinu'Ut 
was held at the Fair (ircunids, Sandy Hill, and a committee was ap- 
IHiinteil "to meet the State Ciuuinissioners next month and u"o with 
1 lu'm to 1 he lialllelield and there delinilely locate the ^ite of the 
Monument." 'I'his Committee consisted o(' II \i;vkv Hkvnoi.os, 

Si: in C. ( ' ai:v, 
II. C. Mownors, 
LiKK II. CAi:i:ixrjTo.\. 

Septemlier 'iOth, (Jen. .1. C. iioi;'ers wrote your Chairman at length 
in reference to the matter, uriiinir him to li'o and assist .-is far as 
possible. 

October ."ith, three of the Coir,n)ittce, vi/. : II. C. Morhous, Luke II. 
Carrinjrton, Seth C. Cary, met the Commissioners at the house of 
(Jen. Sickles, No. '2:5 Fifth Avenue, New York. It was a matter ol 
sur|)rise to the Commissioners that your Coinnnttee objecled to tlic 
location assiLrned to our Ueiiiment on the majw of Cn). ,l. p,. Itncji- 
elder. Previous study and research had made it evident, that the 
ludv ma])s of till' battlefield that made any prel<Misions to aciuracv. 
were both incorrect as to our positions. For instance: i\t\. BacheU 
der's Isometrical ina]), jilaced us in the *<'C"w/ line, that \s /it thr stinu- 
intll, on Culp's Hill. Aunnn : The official map of the War Department, 
the ]iositions of troops on this map beinu: also the w(uk of Col. IIihIi- 
elder, was incorrect as to our position \'i>r ]\\f siro/ul day. The Coni- 
u»i--^ioni'rs were yet more a<loiiishe<l that theaceunicy of the War 
l)e|iar1meni map should lie enlled in i|uestion. and a-k<'d lor a ^late- 



nicnt of our iiiovcincnis, wliich ihc Coininiiicc rcndily 'j-avc tlinii. 
At till' Minic liiuf (tcii. (Jrfiliam made ;i nolc of our ol)j<'ct ioix, as a 
luatlcr for furl licr in vcsl ig-at ion. 

A sul)sc(|ucnl circular from llic CoiniMissioncis, a^kcd foi' a 
written slatiMucnt of tlic rccollccrHui of survivors conccruiii-,^ liic 
inovcnicnts aiul the positions occiijiicd hy tlu' (iifrcrcnt oriranizatioiis. 
Coinradc iMoriious at once sent iiis hook, inarkiuii' llie i)assa;,'cs re- 
ferriuii- 1i> <U'tlysl);:ri;-. Your Chairnian also sent a concise statement. 
'I'lu' cinailar fiirther asked that wcsiHi, a hlaid; enii.oweriiii;- Oen. 
<!rahaiu to mark our posiiiou foi' us. This tiie Committee declined 
to do, feeliiiii- that we were hetter (|uali(ied to mark our own position 
t han any one else, and thiidsiuu,- it more prudent to keep our own 
work in oiii- own hands. The wisdom of t his c(Uirse w.as afterward 
seen in m.any t hinns. 

Arrami'ements were made to meet llie Comndssioiiers a! Cett vshur^: 
in 1 1 e latter part ol' ( )ctolier, ami all t he Committee were not i tied and 
urii-cd to he present. licavinii; Boston on the evenini;- of Octoher '^.^th. 
yoiii' Chairman reached (Tettyshurii- on the afternoon of the '2<itli, re- 
maining- I here t ill t he afternoon (d the '^Sth, expectinu' to ><■<■ the 
ol her uuatdiei-s of the Comndtlee on every train, hut none of ihem 
came. 

Durinii' t hese three days your Ciuiirmau A\as in constant commuuica- 
t ion with the Commissioners, li'oiui;- wit h them to all parts of the field, 
and in j)rivate conversation, and on the ground tidlin^tlicm the ^torv 
of our mo\'ements. l>ut as your Chairman was oidy one out of a 
Committee of four, he declineil to formally mark the ]>osition foi' the 
monument, helieving it to he a matter of too nnich ini])ortance to he 
l(dt to any one person, especially since there were so manv survi\-oi-s 
of the Heu'iment, and who also were living' within sm-h eas\- reach. 

LnCflTINE THE MnWUMEWT. 

The statements made to the Commissioners personally, and liv re- 
ports of niemhers of your Committee, and cs])ecially that in relation 
to the inscription on a monument already located near to where ours 
was to be, had aroused much interest in the matter of a location. It 
also stirred ti]) many to investiiiate the facts as well as the claims set 
up hy the two retciments, to haviiiLi' performed very nearly the same 
service. This, toii'ether with a caridul search after mai)s, material 
and facts, had started a corresiiondence with Col. .1. J',. Bacludder as 
well as many others. 

The New York Commissi(mers, accejitini:' the statenu'ids of vour 



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r»)ininiltfc :is to our inovciiiciits aii(i scr\ic'(', were justly incciisod ;U 
I 111- claims oi' t lie "idtli ('oiiiiccticut already referred to. And this 
called out auotlur statcuuMit, in which they asked i'or all tiu' facts in 
1 he case. This was tuvnished without unnccessaiy delay. Hut, in- 
stead of allayiuij; and iiuietinii' nuitters, it oidy added nu>re fuel to the 
hrelhat was already well started. Then, ("ol. IJacheldcr as the Su- 
periiilenilent of Inscriptions and Legends o I tlic (Jcttysijurii- Battle- 
lield Association, was apiVealed to for infornnition as to what were 
the reasons or liasis for the claims of the 20th ("onnecticut, and whicii 
hud alrt'ady been inscribed ujion their nionninent. Ami, so mucii 
wa> he impressed with our statements, and with the frani< expression 
anil ajiparent candor and truth, that he re(|uire<t a suppienuMital state- 
ment from ('(d. Win. B. Wooster. This was a remarkable proceedinji- 
since their mi>nunnMit was already in place and dedicated. But it 
showed the depth ol the interest awakened in the matter. 

Col. Bachelder at once sent me Col. booster's report, asking an 
exhaustive reply, and then ct)me and sit down with him and explain 
it. Such a rejiort was immediately jn-epared and which covered aboul 
tiftv (."iO) ])a<>;eK, taking up Col. Wooster's statement and answ<'riug it 
point by point, at sufficient length to make it <lear. 

.\bout, this time, however, a very wet blanket was thrown over all 
this, when the New York Commissioners sent to your Chairman, 
copies of tlu! original reports of Col. A. 1-. McDougall, Lt. Co). ,1. C. 
IkOgers ami Col. Wm. B. Wooster. 

We liad made our claims with great frankness and in entire good 
faith. But now, after lying in their dusty pigeon-hob's in the War 
Department for nearly a (piarter of a century, these original reports 
arise from their sepulchres to confront us, and practically fleni/ tcerif 
rliiiiii in- Imd et'fr iniuJc ! (It is but inst to Gen. Uogers to say, that he 
ha-- lu) knowledge of making the report said to bear his name. ) 

Nor was this all. For, in addition to denying <iU our rhiimx^ with 
liberalitv, Wwy confiriiw.'l every point made hy the 2(Hh ('o)iii .' 

Here was a dilemma. What to do was now a cpiestion. We were 
hcaicu. Ami friend had joined to foe to s<'cure this (hdeat, from which 
1 licri- si'cummI io he no po^siiile chance to even retire in good order. 
\'our Chairman thought o\crit, slept o\-ei- il, I ill sleep e\-en well-nigh 
|(ii>-ook him. Ill' hummed o\er the line of the old song, "Do 1 wake. 
Ml am 1 diraining," till out of it all, there came the clear, sharply-di-- 
liiird lacl>, trooping out id nuMnory's tri-asurc-housc, in orderly pro- 
ic-^ioii, and massing and arrangiuL: 1 licmsch c^ in <ornl lojumn^ nl 



attack! So clear were all these scenes of those memorable "Summer 
days" of July, 1803, as facts of consciousness and personal experience, 
that with them we could stand up and defi/ all contradiction! 

Then, the New York Commissioners very properly, desired another 
report. This was prepared. In the meantime the report for Col. 
Baclielder was made and taken to liim in person. But as he had for- 
gotten to keep his engagement, and as he not long after resigned, the 
report was never put into his hands. 

A similar fortune or fatality, wliichever you may call it, befell the 
report made to the New York Commissioners. It was to have been 
presented to tiiem at Saratoga, June 23nd, 1887, but being disap- 
pointed at the time first set, and l)eing at supper wlicn they did meet, 
the wliole matter was left in the hands of Gen. Slocum for adjust- 
ment, and tiie report was never presented at all. 

Your Chairman waited till the lOtli of August following, and then 
addressed a note to Gen. Slocum asking the present condition of the 
matter. He replied at once tliat he had turned the matter over to 
Col. Bachelder! 

It will be remembered that on tlie return of your Cliuirman from 
Gettys))urg in the Autumn of 1880, he made a report of his trip and 
the condition of affairs there, to the comrades at Greenwich, Nov. 
Oth, and at Salem on the 8th. And also, that a meeting was called 
at Argyle for the 13th. And that in a blinding snow-storm we made 
our Avay there, and after dinner iield our meeting. On motion of 
Lieut. Reid the following resolution was adopted:— 

liesolved, That a Committee of six be appointed to meet on the 
Gettysburg battlefield to determine and mark the positions and move- 
ments of the 123d Regiment during that engagement. 

The following were appointed as such Committee, with power to 
substitute: — 

Adjt. Setu C. Cary, 
Maj. Henry Gray, 
Lieut. Donald Reid, 
Lieut. Robert Cruiksiiank, 
Sergt. H. C. Moriious, 
Capt. Geo. W. Baker. 
On motion of Maj. Gray, Col. S. W. Russell was "requested to ap- 
pear before the Board of Supervisors of this County, at its next or 
subsequent meeting thereof and ask said Board to appoint a Commit- 
tee of six from the surviving members of the Washington County 
Regiment, wlio were witli tlie Regiment at tiie battle of Gettysburg 



to determine and mark the positions occupied b}' said Reginwnt in 
that battle, and that he l)e authorized to invite the co-peratim of tlit' 
surviving members of the Committee which raised the Regiment." 

Col. Russell at once began a correspondence with the Board oi 
Supervisors, the Hon. Etlward Dodd, Judge Josopi» Potter and Gen. 
Charles Hughes. All of which resulted in arousing ;^ deep inlcresl 
in the Board of Supervisors and throughout the County. And at 
Whitehall, Xov. 30th, the Board appointed tlu; Committee previously 
named at the meeting at Argjde, and added the naiuc oC Lieut. Luke 
H. Carrington. 

In the earl}' Autuniu of 18vS7, an. effort was m.adc to get together 
a large party, and go to Grettyslnirg as an excursion (ict. 10th, liut 
the hope was not realized. 

Howev(M\ arrangements were at hmgth made to go with t lie 14tlt 
Brooklyn Oct. 17th. Li accordance with this plan the following met 
atGettysl)urgOct. 19, 1887: Capt. Geo. W. Baker, Lieut. Donald 
Reid, Lieut. Robert Cruikshank, Gen. James (". Rogers, as substitute 
for Lt. (Harrington, and your Chairman. We Avent uj) over Baltimore 
Piko and into the field where we lay on the night of July 2nd, and 
the morning of July od; then across the swale, up through the woods 
and field, over the stone-wall, to the place where we built the works 
and afterward recaptured Ihem. Wc readily found the place where 
our colors rested, and immediately behind it a small level plat suita- 
ble for a monument. ^Vhile here the New York Commissioners 
drove up, having with them John M. Krauth, the Secretary o I tlie 
Gettysburg Association. Leaving the carriages, they joined in the 
conversation and Gen. Graham spoke of the level ))lat as a suitable 
place for our monument. At length by general consent ^laj. Cooney 
drove the stake and marked it, and thus ([uickly settled the vexed ([ues- 
tion of the location of our monument. Nothing remained to do l)ut 
to establish the position of tiie Hanks, whi('h was soon done. Thus 
was settled a matter that had l)een the subject of thougiit and dis- 
cussion for many months. 

On the return of this Committee full reports were made throug]> 
the (bounty papers. 

THE EHEGTinW DF THE MnNUMEWT. 

(^nc of the re(|uirements of tlie New York Commissioners was, 
that in order to be entitled to the sum of tl, 500 granted by the State, 
an organization must be effected, if one was not already in existence, 
a record of whicli must lie jdaced on file in tlicollice <il the Couutv 



n 

<'lcfk, anil a. copy sent 1o Ihc ('Dihiiiissinncrs. ll liccaiiu- necessary 
tlicrcf'orc lo call a meet in-- of (lie survivors o|' the liciiinient, in order 
to comply with this nHpiest, anil also to make furl her arrani;cmen|K 
for prosocutinii; the woj-k before us. 

In accordance willi this a call was issued ami the comrades as>em- 
3)led in G. A. \l. hall, Greenwich, Nov. 2'i, 1887. On motion a formal 
orj;-ani7,atioii \vas effected, and called "The 12:;d New York J{ei;i- 
niental Association," with the followiiiii- olliccrs; 
President, (Jen. James ('. Ron-ers. 
Yiee-I'resident, ^Maj. ilenry (4ray. 

" " ('apt. Duncan iioherlson. 

" " Lt. K()l)ert, C'ruiksliank. 

" " Keruct. Harvey lleynolds, 

Lt. L. II. Carrin,i;1on. 
" " Comrade A. I\. Potter. 

" " " Roiuain Bennett, 

" " R. W. Stewart. 

*' " " jMarlin Burton. 

Mitcliel McFarland. 
Lt. Julius Swift. 
Sergt. Sidney B. Wccr. 
Scrgt. Wm. McLoughlin. 
" ('apt. James Ilill. 

" " Scrgt. Geo. Scott. 

Lt. Donald Reid. 
" " Comrade Fi'etl Slofiim. 

Secretary, Sergt. H. C. Moi'Iuius. 
Treasurer, Maj. Henry Gray 

MDNLIMENT GDMMITTEE. 

Adjt. S(!tli C. Gary, ('hairman. 

Capt. Geo. W. Baker- 

Maj. Ilenry Gray. 

Edward L. Coy, Esq. 

Hon. Edward Dodd. 

Col. S. W. Russell. 

Lt. Donald Reid. 

Lt. RolxM't Cruiksliank. 

Willard Lawton, Esq. 

.Judge Joseph Potter. 

The Vice-Presidents were made a Soliciting C-ommiltec to secure 



£2 
funds far tin? crectioo' of tlie Monument. Tlie Board of Supervisors 
also look action and added their sanction by confirming the appoint - 
mf nt of the above-nam'Cd Committee "to superintend the erection of 
said Monument, to arrange for the dedication exercises thereof, and 
to do whatsoever, in their judgement, will forward to early comple- 
tion tiie worthy work of placing this memorial to I lie celebrated 
Washington County regiment." 

Up to this time it had been a mootetl question, whether the Super-^ 
visors could not appropriate money for the erectio-n of our Monu- 
ment. But at this time it was definitely settled, though without 
formal action, that such a course would be illegal, and also impolitic. 
This threw the whole matter upon the Soliciting C/ominittee, and 
they immediately began with great vigor and prudence to raise the 
money by subscription. 

The Monument Committee held a meeting at Salem, Feby. 14. 1888„ 
and organized by the election of Lt. Donald Keid as Secretary, and 
Maj. Henrj' Cray as Treasurer, the Chairman having been alreadj- 
appointed. It was also reported that $1,700 had been subscribed, and 
only a portion of the towns had been heard from. It was also de- 
cided to procure designs for a Monument to cost about f4,(»(K), and 
the Chairman was authorized to secure such, and report at a futun« 
meeting. Tlie Chairman also presented for consideration a draft of 
the inscriptions to be placed upon the Monument, the same liaving 
been previouslj' submitted to the Committee in private correspon- 
dence. 

In the further prosecution of tlie work, a meeting was held at Salem, 
March 20th, for the purpose of presenting designs, and also to receive 
reports from the Soliciting Committee. A most favomble report was 
made by that Committee, the subscriptions noAv amounting to al)Out 
^2,200. In accordance with a vote of the previous meeting, several 
designs were presented by Comrade Robinson of Sandy Hill, and one 
each by Mr. R. A. Evans of Boston, National Granite Co., liirre, Vt., 
and the Smith Granite Co., Westerly, R. I. None however were ac- 
cepted, since no one of them seemed suitable, nor did the finances as 
yet warrant as large an expenditure as it was thought in justice to 
the Regiment and the County should be made. 

Another meeting was called and met in G. A. R. hall, Argyle, May 
8, 1888. The subscriptions had reached about f 2,;500. Designs for 
the Monument were presented l)y the following [tarties: Coniradc 
Robinson, Sandy Hill, three designs; Tlir Mit( hd (iranitc Works of 



ChifiXgo, two(lesio-ns; Miller iV, Luce, IT!) 'rrcmoiit St., I'.ostoii, iiiid 
TIu3 Smith Gnuiite ('o., Westerly, R. I., one eiicli. These various 
(lesiij;us were jilaeed upon tlu; walls, and a free, frank discussion was 
entered into, and tlu; difPerent parties siven the opportunity of ex- 
plaining- and l)rini;-ini; to notice ihe special points of their work. 
Atter this the Committee voted l)y l)allot, and on (counting the same 
the Secretary reported that live of the six votes were cast for the de- 
si.u'n i)resente<l by The Smith (rr.inite Vo. The (Joinmitte further 
ordereil the Ciiairnian to make a contract witji The Smith (Iranite 
(;o., provided the Monument could he erected in season to he dedi- 
cated Sept. 4, 1888, the twenty-sixth anniversary of the muster-in of 
our li('i;inu'nl. This mectint;- was made very pleasant, and also very 
cllicient, l)y the presence and active co-operation of the lion. Edward 
Dodd, who seenu'd more youthful than the youngest, fertile in ex- 
pedients, ((uick to discover blemishes or beauties, frank in discussion, 
wise in advice, and lara;ely contributed to stimulate his fellow-mem- 
bers of the Committee to zealous effort in our good work, who ;Uso 
was much pleased with the design selected. 

On the return of your Chairman to Boston, he at, oiu'c conferred 
with The Smith Granite Co., and they decided that considering the 
character of the work, (a seated figure of History), it woidd be im- 
possible to do this properly ])efore the first of October. 

Correspondence with the members of the (Committee revealed the 
fact that October wovdd be a most unsuitable time for the dedication, 
and it was concluded that unless the Monument could be ready by 
Sept. 4th, the whole matter would have to be deferred till the next 
year. However, on these representations ])eing made to the Com- 
pany, they agreed to have the ^lonument ready for dedication as it 
had been originally arranged, and the contract was made May 2G, 1888. 
On the first of June your Chairman went to Westerly, R. I., to in- 
spect the clay model of the figure, and again on June 12th, this time 
with Capt. Geo. W. Baker, to make an inspection of the plaster cast, 
and at our suggestion slight changes were made, but the general effect 
was regarded as most admirable. 

THE msGRiPTinw. 

The work of your Committee seemed well under way when tliey 
had reached the point where a contract could I)e made for the Monu- 
ment. AVhen the design, after months of anxious, diligent, and 
most careful search and investigation, and th(> making of almost in- 
numiuMlili' sketches, drawings and i)lans, witii all the (;hanging and 



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roarrangin!-; that was loiind necessary', was at length finished, and 
really put into form; when, alter a most extended correspondence, 
and reaching ever)' known survivor of the Regiment, the investiga- 
tion of every plan and map of the hattle within reach, and the read- 
ing of every book or article that could he procured throwing light 
upon the subject; after repeated consultations witli all with whom 
we came in contact, and after a patient consideration of all the facts 
that had thus been gathered; and after mature deliberation and 
thorough sifting, together with j-our Chairman's personal kuowledge 
applied to this subject, a provisional draft of what seemed to be an 
appropriate inscription was at length evolved, and it was presented 
to the Committee. By tiiem it was accepted as ju'rliaps the nearest 
approach to the complete story that at that time could be reached. 

Accordingly, on May 18, 1888, this inscription together with the 
design of the Monument, was personally presented to the New Yoric 
Commissioners. It was accepted by them without change, and your 
Committee very highly complimented by Gen. Graham, as having 
presented one of the finest designs, and having put the inscriptions 
into the best shape of any that had come into his hands. 

Having reached this stage of success and approval, your Committee 
was ready to sit down and cnjoj- the fruits of weary months of toil, 
and rejoice over their victories, and c[uite able to appreciate their 
now nearly-ended struggles. We w'cre allowed to repose in this fan- 
cied immunity for three full weeks, when the jtostman left at the 
door a well-filled envelope bearing the official stamp of the New 
York Commissioners, and directed in the well-known hand of Maj. 
Cooncy. Opening the letter your Chairman read: "My Dear Mr. 
Cary, Here comes up the old storj' again. Wont you kindly give it 
your attention at once. You will have to make your fight with 
( 'omrade Vanderslice, who is technical. * * h: * * 

Believe me sincerely, lam, Geo. W. Cooney, Secretary." Reading 
the inclosures, your Chairman said to himself :— "What more can be 
done, that has not already been done?" Your Chairman had had a 
contest Avith the New York Commissioners in their ofiice in New- 
York and at Gettysburg; had a slight set to Avith ]\Iaj. Iloltzworlh, 
the guide of the battlefield; had already been in conflict with Col. 
Bachelder and secured two concessions from him. First, that the 
123(1 New York was in the first line on the 2nd of July; Second, that 
the 12;M New York actually built the breastworks in their front ; then 
had crossed swords with Col. Wooster of the 20lli Cotiu.! Now who 



can this now o;iant be, who is iiaiufd Col. Vaiidcrslicc, tiio Icchnical ? 

A perusal of the letters showed conclusively thai the old fight was 
indeed on again, and that this time it was a death grapple. That 
now a man was confronting your Committee, who intended to dis- 
pute every point, every word, and every sylalilc of tiial inscription. 
And if we secured what we desired from him, it would only he 
because he was convinced that we were right and had tiie truth with 
us. 

Col. Vanderslice took exceptions to, or made denials of si.\ points 
in our inscription, as follows: 

1. That we were mistaken in saying that it was al)out i>. m., July 
2nd, when we returned from the left. 

2. Denied that we made a charge at about 11 a. m., July od. 

3. l)enied that we retook the works at that time. 

4. Denied the fact of a skirmish on the afternoon of July ;}(1. 

5. Denied the fact of a night attack July 3(1. 

6. Denied the fact that our skirmishers advanced further than any 
other Union troops on the afternoon of July 8(1. 

But more. Col. Vanderslice based all these denials on the official 
reports of Col. McDougall, commanding the Brigade; Lt. ( ol. Rogers, 
in command of the Regiment, and Col. Wooster of the 20th Conn., 
both as to what they did say, and what they oiiiiited to say. 

This was the situation June 12th. Our design was accepted by the 
New York Commissioners. The contract was already let. The 
money was nearly raised. The day was set for the dedication, and 
that only two and a half months away. Then, when your Committee 
was pressed on all sides for the text of the inscriptions which was 
to be cast in tablets of bronze, this contest about the wording and 
subject matter of the inscriptions themselves, wis re-opened again. 
And to all appearances your Committee stood on the threshold of 
what bid fair to be a long and bitter fight in reference to the state- 
ments to ])e placed upon our Monument, as to what the 123d New 
York really did at Gettysburg. But then, there were two good points 
about this affair after all, for your Committee knew that the facts 
were with ns; and that this was the last fight. In fact we had 
reached the last ditch ! 

In the meantime the correspondence was continued. I'oint after 
point of the minor differences was disposed of, and in every case 
without disparagement to our claims. A statement was forwarded 
over the signature of five commissioned officers, and touching the 



romainini; itonis in disputo. This iiuule a strong slmwing find was ol' 
grt'at valuo. But after all, those were only counter-irritants to the 
ollicial rei>()rts wiiicli had I'cuiaincd unciialleniicd for a ([uartcr of a 
century. Tiic statements of your Committee were facts of lustory 
that had never before been hrouglit to light. Tiiey put a new i)liase 
on some military opci-atioiis on Culp's Hill. 'I'hey ran counter to 
some otHcial reports. Therefore it was no wonder that they were 
immediately challenged, and that ('ol. Vandcrslice, the guardian of 
t]>e reputation of all our forces nn that licM, protested against our 
claims as he did. 

So the struggle went on, and even memhers of your Commit tec did 
not see how this tide could be stemmed, bu.l feared tliat \vc were 
doomed to be worsted in this light. Your Chairman resolved tiiat if 
it laj' in the power of mortal, even this victory s-hould be ours. l\'r- 
sonally, he had conu' to the conclusion that he would never yield tin- 
point of allowing our inscription to state less than from the be- 
ginning had l)een claimed, if we had to wait until tiu' crack of do(un. 

How co\d(l we recede from the statements that we had mailc, and 
that we knew were true? That woidd have been cowardly, as well 
a.s pusilanimous! It would have put upon us all a taint, from which 
we never could have freed oui"selves. And it would have involved our 
dead comrades as well as us who survive. 

Thus niatters stood Juh'' 31st, thirty-live da3's lieforc t he dedicat ion I 
Col. Vandcrslice was insistant, and your Committee was persistent. 
Something more must be done. Your Chairman at mice wrote to 
Maj. Gray and Capt. Baker to nu-ct him in Philadelphia, August 7th, 
ami have a j)ersonal interview with Col. Vandcrslice, at his olhce 
No. 10 North Seventh St. But both replied, regretting inability to 
be present, but they desird the tablets made as we had arranged the 
inscription, and then tight it out afterward if uec(l l)c. Then, too. 
The Smith C.raniti- Co. were jiersistcntly calling for the inscriptions 
in order to cdinplete their work in season to comply with tlie 
contract. 

Your (Miairman, seeing that another eifort must be made, ami that 
I iicre were no reserves to call upon, since all these had been alreadv 
in action, concluded that he was the forloiii liojic, ami ])rcparc(l jiim- 
seU" accordingly. (Jripsack in haiul, he took the 11 c. m. train in 
Boston, August 7th, and reached l'liiladcli)hia at l(l::i(» the next 
morning, and m.ade his waj' to tin- ollicc of Col. \'au(b'islicc. He 
fdund him a jdeasanl-faeed, nu'diuni sized man, somewhat stout. 



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wearini; ii (lark luustache, iiiid ii JViinsylvaniiiii. He hail conic in 
from Ills country lionic 28 miles out, to mccl the ("ommillcc. 'I'lii' 
opciiinu,' of the nc^xttiations was a little slow and a hit formal, Iml like 
.■my two soldiers, we soon ^ot down to husiness. ^Ve had not pro- 
ceeded tar before he be<;an to t(dl me some thinj^s about the dillicul- 
ties of his work as the Superintendent of Leijends of the Battlc/icld 
Association, and related instances of mistakes in location that had 
already been made, and to all these tliinj^s he had a most williiii; 
listener. Then the conversation turned to our own immediate work, 
lie then referred to a letter received from Gen. Koj;-crs, and the fact 
that the General had no recollection of makinir the report that is 
said to bear his name was referred to. 

The next point was concerninii- the report of Col. ^McDonna!!. This 
was a more difficult task, since your Chairman must be true to the 
dead as well as just to the living, so the matter was i>ut in this form: 
Col. McDougall was a man who dearly loved his Kei;-iment, but was 
like some fathers who are diffident about speaking in praise of their 
own children, but can always see the good (pialities in those of other 
people. And doui)tless, having received the verbal rejiort of the 
30th Conn, first, that they had driven the enemy out of the works, 
he made his report as he did, never having had a report from Capt. 
A. II. Tanner who was in command of the Kegiment in the charge, 
and so far as known, never having asked any of his own officers as 
to the facts in the case, or informing them as to the nature of his 
report. 

Then the report of Gen. Rogers, the article in the National Tribune 
by Gen. Howard, the combined statement of our five commissioned 
officers, together with the explanations of j'our Chairman, so com- 
pletely convinced Col. Vanderslice, that he set aside these reports 
and nothing more was heard of them. 

One point only remained, that concerning the report of ( 'ol. Woos- 
ter of the 20th Conn. Here your (Chairman gave the Colonel a word- 
picture of the scenes of our charge, and took him over every foot of 
the ground from the time we formed our line, till we had recaptured 
our works, and the Division, with that of Gen. Geary on our left, 
had swept forward and occupied the works that we had left on flu; 
afternoon of the previous day. In this picture there was shown our 
formation on the ridge, just back of the little stream, with bayonets 
fixed; the speech of Col. McDougall; the advance; the passing the 
20tli Conn. ; the rush over the stone-wall; the firing; the dash into 



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the brea si works; the csoapini; enemy ; tlic preparation of 1 lie works 
lor defence; and the sweeping forward of the Corps lo occupy what 
they liad fought seven liours to secure! 

Tlien, the Cohmel hooked your Chairman in the face and said: 
"Well, what about the 30th?" Your Chairman gave him substan- 
tiallv this reply : It is not for me or my Regiment to write their 
history, but will ask you a question or two. Wliat do you thinl; of 
a regiment claiming to have captured a line of works, when not a 
man of them was found in or near said works ? What do you think 
of a regiment in need of a few cartridges, going back to the reserve 
ammunition train, a half mile in the rear of the line, and have to be 
recalled by the commanding othcer of the l)rigade, when a sciuad of 
men could have brought all the ammunition necessary? What do 
3'ou think of a regiment that after claiming to have occupied the 
works for which we had been fighting all the forenoon, would desire 
to be relieved, when, as they claim, they were already in the works, 
and not call on all the line to advance and occupy lohat they tlitmselves 
had iron? The Colonel made no reply to these ciueries, and we went 
on with the work. In the conversation your Chairman had dis- 
covered that the 28th Penn. on our left, had advanced to Roelc 
Creek, and the 13th N. J. on the right claimed to have crossed it, 
therefore he withdrew that portion of our inscription which claimed 
that our skirmishers had advanced farther than any other Union 
Iroojts on that part of tlie line. The Colonel said it iniglit be modi- 
lied, but it seemed best to withdraw it altogether. Then a vcii>al 
change or two more, and our work was comjiletcd, to the entire sat- 
isfaction apparently of us ])oth. Then we fell to chatting and I'or 
ten minutes had just such a breezy time as twfi old soldiers who had 
pleasantly comi)leted a diflicult negotiation, l)ut liad come to thor- 
oughly respect each other, might be expected to have. 

Your Chairman must not lose this opportunity to give you, my old 
comrades, his impressions of Col. John M. Vanderslice. In iliis 
paper he has been called "technical," not however in rej)ioac]i, or in 
a slighting manner, but only because it is true, and j\Iaj. Cooney had 
first applied it. Col. Vanderslice is the first and the only man wlio 
has gone to the bottom of tills matter of our claims in the inseri])- 
tion on our Monument. And he is one of the best Iriends we liave 
ever had. lie is the only man who has ever sifted the evidence so 
ii^i to be able to come to a discriminating and carelully digested con- 
clusion. Your C-hairman regards him as a persoii.il i'riend, and as ,i 



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gcntlcnian, wlio in tlic order ol' I'rovidfiice t^avc us rosulls Ihfil a less 
painstaking man could not have rendered, and a man whom it was a 
pleasure to meet. 

Biddinti; good-bye to tlie Colonel your C'liairman was soon in New 
York, and had only time to send a couple of telegrams, one to 3Iaj. 
Gray and the oilier to Capt. Baker, announcing the battle over and 
tlie victory won, and tlien take tie l)oat Cor liome. 

The contractors were at once inl'ormed as to the amended inscrip- 
tions, and all attention turned to the few remaining items that made 
u]) the l)alance of your Comniittec^s, work. 

THE nEniGRTinw. 

\Vhen all these struggles had one by one been jiassed, and each had 
been crowned a victory, then was time to take breath and apply our- 
selves to the two items that yet remained to be accomplished, the 
securing pledges for a small balance to complete our financial exhil)it, 
and the dedication of our Monument. 

An excursion was arranged and, thanks to all who had it in 
charge, it was carried out to a successful conclusion. Leaving 
Albany in the afternoon of Sept. 3d, 1888, Gettysburg was reached 
at 10 o'clock the next morning. Carriages at once took us to the 
liouse of Capt. Long, and after an early dinner, started for a drive 
over the scenes of the first day's battle. This took us from Barlow's 
Knoll to Reynolds Grove, then to the Springs Hotel, through the 
town to the National Cemetery, thence to East Cemetery Hill. Here 
Capt. Long, the Battlefield Guide, gave our company a fine descrip- 
tion of this part of the field, and the tide of battle that swirled 
about this knoll. Then taking our carriages we passed Stevens 
Knoll, and along the line of our entrenchments on ('nip's Hill to 
our Monument. Many of us will never forget the thrill of delight, 
astonishment and pleasure that welled up in our hearts as we stood 
on that familiar ground, and l)chcld for the iirsi time that stately, 
chaste and beautiful memorial. Its unique design, its unity of effect, 
its contrast of color with the background of boulders and the leafy 
forest, its fiuiet self-assertion of dignity, as well as tlie rugged 
strength of the pedestal, combined 1o make an impression lasting as 
its granite and bronze. 

The dedicatory services Avere simple, and consisted of a brief state- 
ment by your Chairman of the service of our Regiment during the 
battle; prayer by Chaplain Gordon; an address by Col. S. W. Russell, 
and remarks bv the Chaplain, thr transfer of the :\ronun;cnt In the 



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Battlefield Association, and a graceful response by Col. Buehler, 
Vice-President of the Association, and the Benediction. 

Tlie bronz.e tablets bearing the more extended inscriptions had not 
been set in the base, because of a lack of time resulting from our 
long struggle over the text, but were put in place a few days sub- 
sequently. 

The monument itself was declared by all to be far beyond expec- 
tation, and more than satisfactory. It was looked upon as being as 
line as the best on the field; and of course this was gratifying to 
your Committee. 

After visiting Spangler's Spring, crossing the swale to examine 
the monuments of the 3d Brigade, the party returned to town. The 
eveniu'i- was made enjoyable by the illustrated lecture of our Guide 
at the Opera House. 

The next morning a drive over the Battletield included in the 
second and third days light, was taken under the direction of Capt. 
Lon"-. Starting out on the Emmitsburg road, past the Peach Orchard, 
Wheatfield, Devil's Den, the Valley of Death, Round Top, Little 
Round Top, and along the line of battle to the Death Angle, then to 
Meade's Headquarters, Ziegler's Grove, and home over the Tancy- 
town road. 

In the afternoon the party drove out again, spending the time 
near Culp's Hill and the scenes about our Monument. 

But who can fittingly portray the thoughts and the emotions that 
filled our hearts as we gathered there again, with more than a 
(juarter of a century between us and the scenes of those July days 
of confiict and heroic struggle ! With other years yet added, in the 
Campaign of Atlanta, the March to the Sea, and the Campaign of the 
Carolinas! Then the peaceful years of civil life! The effort to se- 
cure a fitting memorial for our Regiment and our dead Comrades! 
And then to stand before that beautiful, and artistic, and appropriate 
Monument, completed and dedicated by fitting service, and the 
presence of long separated Comrades, brothers in arms, brothers in 
suffering, brothers in sympathy, and brothers in the love of country 
and liberty! It was almost the fitting conclusion to a well-rounded 
out life! It was indeed the privilege of a lifetime! 

How we forgot all the cfPort to secure the Memorial! Ilcnv gladly 
your Chairman lost sight of the struggle of the years! Tlie d:iys of 
work, of scheming, planning, tlie effort to right the unintentional 
wrongs committed against our Comrades, to bring the simple truth 



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into view, as to what the 123cl New York diil; to (•I.-ar up liic fo.irs 
that had obscured our record; to reverse what had been considered 
as history, and to write history as it occurred, and events as tiioy 
happened! Wliat were tlie 10,000 miles of travel by day and t)y 
night, required to secure it all! We now stood before the result of 
all this gladly-rendered service and rejoiced in its completion! 

GDKGLUSinN. 

And now in concluding this report, already far too long, allow 
your Committee to express their thanks, and their appreciation of 
the services of all who have aided in this noble enterprise, whether 
by money or by cheerful, hopeful words of encouragement. We 
thank you all. 

And now Comrades, having performed the duty committed to us, 
and with all financial obligations met, your Committee ask to be 
discharged. For the Committee, 

Oct. 14, 1890. SETH C. GARY, Chairman. 



LETTER OF CHAIRMAN 

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TD THE — 

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 

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WASHINGTON COUNTY. 

To thf Honornble Board of Superrisora of WasMnf/ton County. Neic 

York: 

Gentlemen.— It will be remembered that at your session held at 
Greenwich, Nov. 1887, you appointed a Committee to erect a Monu- 
ment for the 123d New York Infantry, at Gettysburg, Pa. The 
names of that Committee were : 

Adjt. Setii C. Cauy, Maiden, Mass. 

C/APT. Geo. W. IBakeii, Salem. 

Maj. Henuy Gray, Green ivicli. 

Edward L. Coy, Esquire, West IIel)roii. 

Hon. Edward Dodd, Argyle. 

Col. S. W. llussELL, .Salem. 

Lieut. Robert Cruiksiiank. Salem. 

Lieut. Donald Reid, Argyie. 

WiLMiAM Lawton, Es(;rnti;, Cambridge. 

Judge .losKi'ii Pottki;. Wliitehall. 



The saiil Committee now desire to l:iy ])efore 3'oiir Ilononiblc ])od}' 
their final report. 

Your Committee \v:is organized In- tlie election of Adjt. Setli C. 
Cary. Chairman ; Lieut. Donahl Reid, Secretary, and Maj. Henry 
(.Tray, Treasurer. 

After mature deliberation and securing the opinion of those well 
c|ualified, it was determined to erect a Monument to cost not less 
than four thousand dollars $4,000). Of this amount the State gen- 
erously gave us one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), thus 
leaving with your Committee the work of raising tlic sum of two 
thoi'.sand five hundred dollars ($2,500) by subscription. And to this 
was to be added suflicient to meet all tlie actual expenses of the 
Committee. 

Arrangements were at once made for a tliorough canvass of tlie 
County for sabscription, th;; resill of which will be reported by OL:r 
Treasurer. 

The next work was to secure an appropriate design with proper 
inscriptions, let tlie contract to honest and reliable parties, and when 
completed to dedicate the same. 

In the prosecution of this, your Committee has met twice at Green- 
wich, twice at Salem, twice at Argyle, and once each at Sandy Hill 
and Saratoga, and at each meeting the Chairman has been present. 
In addition to this, the Cliairman has, in his official capacity, twice 
visited New York city, to confer with the New York Commissioners 
on Getlj-sburg Monuments; has been to Westerly, R. I. twice, the 
first time to inspect the clay model for the figure of the Monument, 
and the second time with CJapt. Geo. W. Baker to ins])ccl the plaster 
cast of the same; further, he has visited Philadelphia to confer with 
Col. J. ISl. Vanderslice, Secretary of the Committee on Legends and 
Inseri|)tions of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, in 
reference to the inscriptions to be placed upon our Monument; three 
times he has visited the battlefield at Gettysburg; and has been in 
Boston manj- times on business connected with the ?tIoni;ment. 

Besides this, the work of the Chairman has been somewhat onerous 
• in writing letters, circulars and reports for the press of the County, 
to stir up the old-time enthusiasm, and to make our scheme a success 
financially, as well as an expression of devotion to our Comrades and 
to lil)erty. Also a very wide correspondence Avilh the members of 
the Regiment, scattered far and near, as to their recollections of our 
service at Gettysburg, in order to form a liasis on which to ]irepare 



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an appropriate inscription, and one that would represent to the ag(^ 
to come the services performed hy "tin- Wasliin<,'ton County Ilegi- 
ment" at Gettysburg. To this must be added a very extended corre- 
spondence Avith the New Yorlc Commissioners, through their Secre- 
tary, Maj. Geo. W. Cooney; with the Gettysburg Battlefield Associa- 
tion, through Cols. John B. Bachclder and J. M. Vanderslice, the 
Superintendent and Secretary of tiieir Committee on Legends and 
Inscriptions, together with Hon. John M. Krauth, Secretary of the 
Association. And in all, the cordial support of the members of the 
Coniniiltee has been constant and steadfast. 

But further. All this, extended as it is, is only a small portion of 
the work accomiilished by your Committee. When this work Avas 
begun, there was not in existence a map or a scries of maps, a report 
or a series ef leports, which gave tlie facts, or a connected statement 
of fact, from which an impartial historian could by any vo^^'bility, 
have made a clear and luminous sketch of our service at Gettysburg. 
And it was amid such mist and darkness that your Committee began 
its labors, and began to see the magnitude of the work on their 
hands, and to make up their minds to a long struggle and possible 
defeat, in this matter of a truthful inscription to be placed upon our 
Monument. And yet it was their purpose never to j'ield what they 
knew to be true, and to fight this matter till the last resource was 
exhausted. And this condition of affairs existed up to the Tth of 
Auuusi, 1888, four weeks before the time set for the dedication! 

Nor was this a.ll. Tliere was a furtlier complication arising out of 
the claims of another regiment, the record of which is on their mon- 
ument only a few feet from our own. 

It has been a long, and at times a painful work, to unravel this 
tangled skein of unintentional mistakes, blunders and carelessness, 
and bring out of it all, clear and sharply defined, the homely yet 
beautiful truth, and embody it in simple and perspicuous language, 
and at length put it in enduring bronze Avhere all the world can read 
the story. It has been largely a labor of love, for only love would 
have been willing to have plodded through these mazes, or had 
patience to have borne all the affronts, the insinuations, and the 
embarrassments that your Committee has had to meet. 

After a verv Avide search in which your Committee spent months, 
they Avere fortunate in securing a most appropriate design, and also 
in placing it in the hands of a thoroughly reliable company, Avhose 
Avork has evervwhere received tlu- very highest commendation, both 



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lor I'xci'llcncc and urtislic ([iiiilit y. 'riic material is iiii('(iiiallt'(l ami 
the work above caviling criticism, ami llu; whole is cmiiu'iitly satis 
1"a<'tory to your t'ommittee. So fully are we agreed iu tiiis, that wr 
not only desire, but invite the closest inspection and most rigid crit- 
icism, and would express the hope that you all and the good people 
of Washington County, will make a pilgrimage to Gettysburg, our 
National ]Mecca, and see the result of your Committee's work. 

The dedication of tlie Monument was attended with simple yet ap- 
propriate services on Sept. 4, ISSS, the Twenty-Sixth anniversary of 
the muster-in of the Kegiment into the United States service. A 
little company of the survivors of the Regiment, with a number of 
the honored citizens of this < ounty, gathered alioiit the beautiful 
and elegant Memorial, on the s])()t made sacred by the devotion and 
blood of our Comrades, and b}' no])le words and deep emotions, paid 
fitting tribute to the love and loj-alty that made it a necessity, as 
well as to the continued interest and material assistance b}' which 
the citizens of the good County of Washington had made this an as- 
sured success. 

In conclusion, allow us to thank this Honorable Board and its con- 
stituents, for the interest, the assistance, the moral and material aid, 
and all the other acts of kindness by which you and they have laid 
your Committee under obligations. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

For the Committee, 

Oct. 14, 181)0. SETII C. CAKV, Chairman. 






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